Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-09-06
JeDGE WAxEM ABROAD.
He Visits Berne, the Capital of Switzer-
land.

He Visits Berne, the Capital OF SWttzer~
b Special Correspondence
BERNE, Switzerland, Aug. TO-
| Mr.. EDITOR: The poet has well wrote
| Hwarter will seke its oan level" and it applys
as much to human mater as to physical mater
That's why / was perticklerly anxious 70
come to Berne. which is the capital OF this
country, and consequently headquarters for
statesmen. / knowed when l got here was
| goin to feel at home, and by George did.
| Even Mandy liked the place, il it did kinder
| call to her mind some of the .imes she had to
| haul me over the Goals fer bein to spry in
that CRATE and gioryous capital of all capitals,
for it has got a Wayback air, and thar is
"sweet rooral simplisity," she says, "about it
| which is charmnly enchantin to a mind
wearied with the cosmoppoliting multiplicity
of the numerous large CITIES it is needcessary
to visit in order to see them all"
| As I said previous, Berne is the capital of
| Switzerland and the resort Of the props of
the national fabbrick during the seeson, but
not at this time. The session had closed
s'me weaks erlyer, and judgn from what l
Seen in the harvest feeds through the
country, should say thar was good many
Statesmen that had to do somethin else besides
Craftsmanship for Twin. A little country
Ike Switzerl1nd, that don't have no long
raierodes to look after, no olyomargireen fac
tories to defend, no pension business worth
mentionin, no RIVERS and harbers that needs
inprovin, and so forth, amt very prom
isin field fer the statesman and politician
Jenius is all o. k, but jenius has got to have
opertunity fer developement, er it is bound
| to rust out, more or less
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| went to the capitol bildin and got good
look at the public apartments Of the national
Legislators, and am bound to say that they
air got up in good taste, and no expents has
been spared i'll maxim them elegant and ham
som. The bildin is three storys and half
| nigh and 400 foot long, and the main halls is
away ahead of the English house Of COM
mons. The seets air fixed good deal like
ours is i'll congress, with cumfertible cheers
and desks; but thar amt spttoon at sin
gel DESK and thar was no floor ventiaters to
spit into neither. Switzerland is still behind
our CRATE and gloryious republic in pervidn
home comforts fer her active statesmen The
chain bers air quite as good as ourn is, and
the lightin facilities fer the day servises was
a goo1 deal better. Thar was some picters
on the walls of a patriotic carackter, and I
should say offhand, not bein we'll posted in
art, that they was more sklllful than them we
have in congress. That is to say, they dident
look so much like they had been cut out
of theayter curten. Congress wasent in
session, and thar was a lonesome sort of
feelin around the place not very cheerin to
me, and ddent linger any longer than was
needcessary Mandy was along and she hur-
ried me a little
A Mr.. Droz is the president of the country
and all he has got to do is to perside at the
sessions, and he don't git sent of money
and he can't make any appointments Bein
patriot under SIGH circumstances, I call hero
| ism Of the highest tipe. Postofiices in
Switzerland air as thick as flies in q molasses
bar'l, and a president coudent help but make
them almighty useful for campane perpuses.
hate to see SO mulch good, raw material goin
to waste, hut it is offset sitely by the fact
that Switzerland has the best postle arrange
ments of any nation on the footstool, not even
exceptin of our own CRATE and gloryous re-
public.
seen man Yesterday that could speek
American and pot "" q conversation witt
him on the Swiss govern ment and asked him
now he liked it, seein it wasent under the
iron heel OF the oppressor.
"Bah!" says he TO me, lookin ugly as fresh
dinermite; ain kingdom there is only
one tlrant, but in this country every man
that holds office wants to play tirant to
everybody under him. It's multiplied
tierrany in the wust form"
"But every man is free and equal" SAYS
with SPIRIT, land there is no class distinck
shuns whar docks and lords make soshal
laws"
"No, there amt" he saws: "but THAR Is
hundreds that hain't got hat the soshal fitness
of docks and lords dom it, and it is in fine
condition. The politicians have manipulated
matters till it's misdemeener not to tip wore
hat to a coachman, and almost q crime not
to address cummOn street lahorer as Mr.
"Well," says l, "you air prejuced and thar
amt no Use i'll talkin TO you on the subject OF
republican institushuns You aim, up to the
timts and you need etldicatin"
lan't ushule won't talk to man on poli.
it's but that one provoked me, so left.
reckin he was bilious err was defeated can
d4rdate. l can reecolect jist how felt when
] run fer the legislator wunSt, and the oppei.-
sion canderdate relieved me OF tile respon-
F9Oility OF servin my state in that manner
As far as | have saw OF Urop Switzerland
j! the banner country of them all and its cap.
ical city takes the blue ribbon. 1t is the great
ost place l ever did see for the amount o
work they can git out Of dogs and wimmen.
u
faver of maxim them urn Their Twin and
taxes, which mighty flew dogs does these
days, especially them that is owned by pore
men, and the porer man is the more dog
he's got. But the trew galantry of my mater
pertests agin wimmen dom manuale laber
pertickerly We see it in Bernie. whar she
most usuly helps the dogs pull the wagon. /
sposed this stie had gone out Of fashion. fer
I've heerd of it ever sence was boy, but
find it still pervales like good many other
old fogy notions of these furrn countries that
natur newer destined to go west.
When Mandy seen the wimnen and dogs
workn together she ackshally got up in the
car and shook her fist in my face. had just
been calm her attention to the fact that
Switzerland was a libberty GROWN dees-
trick, republican gewell in settin of em-
pires, when she fust seen what we have now
purity nigh got use to:
"Tbar, Bash Waxem, NJ. C. from Way.
back" she says, like a stump speaker, "thar,
look at that This is a CRATE and gloryous